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The Battle for Fort Monmouth
Asburry Park Press examined the cost of the proposed closing Fort Monmouth and relocating its mission. It found that the price had increased since the originally proposal.
Tags: Department of Defense; military; base; cost; misinformation; scientist; Fort; Base Realignment and Closure commission
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U.S. Slow on Clean-ups
The Pentagon has resisted paying for clean-up of toxic substances from its former bases. Asbestos, perchlorate and trichloroethylene (TCE) have been deemed hazardous by the EPA and remain on lands previously owned by the Pentagon but that now house private families and schools. But the Pentagon has complained to the White House about EPA regulations and Bush appointees have responded by admonishing EPA officials, essentially creating separate and less stringent environmental standards for the military than for states, communities and private industry. Since 2001 clean-ups have slowed and an estimated 15 million acres of land remain contaminated with dumped munitions alone.
Tags: Military; EPA; contamination; toxic waste; military base closings; asbestos; TCE; Bush administration
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Caught Off Guard
A WABC-TV investigation into the security at Navy bases on the East Coast reveals that one can get "remarkably close" to nuclear submarines and aircraft carriers simply by piloting a small boat through the installations' weak backdoor security. The WABC-TV crew discovered that "security at the main gates to the bases was tight... But on the waterside of these bases" the crew found that it could circumvent the Navy's defenses with a small, rented boat.
Tags: TAPE; TRANSCRIPT; Navy; security; military; East Coast; boats; waterside
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Air Force Times takes a close look at the string of errors that left former Airman Dean Mellberg free to shoot Maj. Thomas E. Brigham and others June 20, 1994, at the base near Spokane, Wash. Five died in a situation that could have been avoided had there not been a series of miscommunications such as the attending military physician failing to comment on the medical history form when Mellberg disclosed that he had previous mental-health counseling. (Dec. 11, 1995)
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No title (id: 10836)
Popular Science investigates a top-secret U.S. airforce base and research complex in the Nevada desert. The Groom Lake complex, as its called, hums with highly classified activity. Popular Science looks into why the military wants to close off 4 - thousand acres overlooking the base, and what truly goes on there, 1994.